Man with knives threatens to behead girlfriend, police say

Friday

Police say the Canton man threatened to kill his girlfriend and his ex-wife.

CANTON Police seized three knives when they arrested a man accused of threatening to cut off his girlfriend's head and kill his ex-wife.

Allyn R. Sweet, 51, of the 1500 block of Vine Street SW, was arrested without incident at 1:15 p.m. Thursday at 18th Street and Clarendon Avenue SW, several blocks from the home he had shared with his 53-year-old girlfriend, Stark County Jail records and Canton police reports show.

Police reports show the couple had broken up and Sweet was returning to gather his belongings Thursday when he forced his way inside and became angry.

Sweet was already wanted on domestic violence and related warrants when he threatened "to cut the head off his live-in girlfriend during an argument," according to the jail records. The jail records said he also told her that "either she or his ex-wife was going to die today."

The records did not list the nature of the disagreement.

He was arrested on warrants charging him with domestic violence, aggravated trespass and falsification and a felony domestic violence charge.